Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Effects on Pain Perception
WithdrawnPhase 2, Phase 3NCT00349050
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on pain perception.
Study details
- Official title
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Effects on Pain Perception
- Conditions
- Pain
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Neuropathic Pain
- Interventions
- Device: laboratory pain assessment
- Procedure: transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Start date
- 2006-07
- Primary completion
- 2010-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 21 Years to 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: For Healthy Adults: * Between age of 21 and 60 * No prescription medications in previous 3 months * No seizure history * No depression * Not suicidal * No anxiety * No hospitalizations or surgeries in previous 6 months * No history of chronic pain conditions * No implanted metal devices (e.g., pacemakers, metal plates, wires) * Not pregnant * No alcohol abuse/dependence history in previous 6 months * No illicit drug use in previous 6 months * Capable of reading, writing, giving consent, following instructions * No history of brain surgery or history of loss of consciousness \>15 minutes * No history of autoimmune or endocrine disorder * No significant anxiety about entering MRI scanner For Patients with neuropathic pain: * Between age of 21 and 75 * No seizure history * Not taking medications shown to increase seizure risk (6 months) * Not suicidal * No hospitalizations or surgeries in previous 3 months * No implanted metal devices (e.g., pacemakers, metal plates, wires) * Not pregnant * No alcohol abuse/dependence history in previous 6 months * No illicit drug use in previous 6 months * Capable of reading, writing, giving consent, following instructions * Chronic pain (\>6 months), not significantly relieved by pharmacological treatment * No significant anxiety about entering MRI scanner
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00349050